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INVENTOR Sven Algot Joel Liljendohl ATTOR EYS March 15, 1966 s. A. J. LILJENDAHL 3,239,349

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5. A HYDRO-PNEUMATIC CONVEYING SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING SHORT LENGTH LIQUID VEHICLE PLUGS FOR A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE BY PNEUMATIC FORCE, COMPRISING: (A) A PNEUMATIC CONDUIT WITH AT LEAST ONE ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT AND OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT INSIDE DIAMETER THROUGH WHICH IS WITHIN THE APPROXIMATE RANGE OF FROM 3/4" TO 2 1/2"; (B) AN EVACUATED RECEIVER IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH THE CONDUIT EXIT TO MAINTAIN THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONDUIT UNDER SUB-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; (C) MEANS IN CONTROLLABLE FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CONDUIT ENTRANCE FOR; (1) AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING THE APPROXIMATE AMOUNT OF AND INTRODUCING A SMALL QUANTITY OF LIQUID AND MATERIAL TO BE CONVEYED INTO SAID CONDUIT THROUGH SAID ENTRANCE IN A PLUG FORM HAVING A DIAMETER DIMENSION FORMED DURING INTRODUCTION WHICH IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO THE INSIDE 